MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.79,-94.85 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 43 SFC 973 282 22.0 19.8 87 2.2 20.5 196 11 297.5 300.2 294.6 341.2 15.10 2 950 487 21.6 18.1 80 3.5 19.2 196 27 299.1 301.6 294.2 339.6 13.88 3 900 956 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.5 201 38 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.9 11.99 4 850 1446 16.0 11.9 77 4.0 13.4 205 42 302.9 304.8 292.7 333.7 10.38 5 800 1959 12.6 9.1 80 3.4 10.4 208 43 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.9 9.12 6 750 2498 9.0 6.5 84 2.6 7.5 213 44 306.4 307.9 292.0 330.9 8.10 7 700 3067 5.3 3.9 90 1.4 4.5 219 46 308.4 309.7 291.9 330.5 7.24 8 650 3669 1.4 0.6 94 0.8 1.0 224 49 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.6 6.14 9 600 4309 -2.8 -4.0 91 1.3 -3.4 228 52 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.8 4.73 10 550 4994 -6.5 -9.5 79 3.0 -7.8 231 52 316.4 317.0 290.9 327.3 3.37 11 500 5732 -11.4 -15.5 71 4.2 -12.8 234 56 319.2 319.6 290.8 326.8 2.28 12 450 6532 -16.6 -20.3 73 3.7 -17.7 240 61 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.1 1.69 13 400 7407 -22.3 -25.7 73 3.5 -23.1 233 60 326.0 326.3 291.7 330.2 1.17 14 350 8374 -28.7 -33.1 66 4.4 -29.5 242 54 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.5 0.67 15 300 9459 -36.7 -40.2 70 3.5 -37.1 251 56 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.38 16 250 10695 -46.0 -46.8 91 0.8 -46.0 241 40 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.23 17 200 12143 -56.4 -59.0 73 2.6 -56.5 235 60 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 18 150 13963 -58.7 -79.0 6 20.3 -58.9 255 50 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16459 -64.7 -83.6 6 18.9 -64.8 257 35 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.37 m Freezing level: 633.52 mb = 3879.80 m = 12728.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.96 mb = 3805.83 m = 12486.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.61 mb = 554.98 m = 1820.78 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1602.91 m = 5258.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 37.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.89 mb = 1227.88 m = 4028.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.89 mb = 2096.92 m = 6879.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.89 mb = 10510.95 m = 34484.33 ft B at Equ Level: 825.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.89 mb = 13678.76 m = 44877.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 336.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 9.60 Bulk Shear: 86.04 m/s